Police have confirmed that actor Julian Sands who went missing five months ago has died.
In January this year, the A Room With A View star, 65, went missing after a hike in California’s San Gabriel Mountains.
Earlier this week human remains were found close to the area, and police have now identified them as the actor.
Earlier this week, his family released a statement expressing their gratitude for the search teams while adding that they continued to hold him ‘in our hearts’.
The Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the latest tragic news in a statement today.
It said: ‘The identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was positively identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood. The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results.
‘We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to locate Mr. Sands.’
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has now said that civilian hikers contacted the authorities on Saturday morning after the human remains were found in the Mount Baldy area.
In the statement released by Sands’ family this week, his loved ones said: ‘We are deeply grateful to the search teams and coordinators who have worked tirelessly to find Julian.
‘We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer.’
Julian is survived by his wife Evgenia Citkowitz – whom he married in 1990 – and their two children, Natalya and Imogen, as well as by his son Henry from a previous marriage.
The late actor was from the UK but he is said to have moved to the US with his family in around 2020. He’s said to have settled in Los Angeles following his relocation stateside.
Julian – who starred in films like A Room with a View (1985), Warlock (1989) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995) – was reported missing in January this year just days after his birthday.
He was said to have been an experienced mountaineer and he was believed to have gone missing whilst out on a hike in the Mount Baldy area of the San Gabriel Mountains.
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